Posts Tagged ‘phone news’

The text messaging became a popular thing, I try the voicemail more and more each day. It’s just so incredibly broken and dated – all of the annoyances of any automated phone system, with the added treat of messages that tend to be 5 minutes longer than they need to be.

Smartphone

Visual Voicemail on the iPhone was a huge step in the right direction, but it didn’t do any good for those of us on other handsets. Fortunately, that’s all changing. YouMail has introduced a browser based visual voicemail system for BlackBerries, Windows Mobile devices, Palm devices, and S60 devices.

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Mobile phones with Google Maps has received an update for Blackberry and Java-capable handsets, adding in bus and train directions for the SF Bay, Seattle, New York, and over 40 other cities.Now its more easy to find the closest bus stop, the route to take, and whether or not you have time for one more drink before the last stop of the day.

Google Maps

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Reportedly, similar devices have been around the concept block, but a trio of investors are hoping to actually get this one on store shelves by the year’s end.This watch phone gadget have a touchscreen display, GSM connectivity and the ability to send / receive calls and text messages.

watch phone

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Windows Sideshow is available for Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0. Even though the software is a developer-intended beta, you can still try out its current features. Microsoft use the technology in Windows Vista from Windows Sideshow.It supports a secondary screen on your mobile PC and allows you to use it to view information, whether the laptop is on, off or in sleep mode.

Windows Mobile

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The Samsung i770 look like the current i760 might be getting a little bit of love before it gets phased out. Rumor has it that the i760 will be the recipient of a fresh Windows Mobile 6.1 update sometime this month.

Samsung i760

Rogers Wireless adds the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 to their list of available devices, giving customers another option for an all-business all-the-time kind of device that’s been very important to a lot of people as of late.

BlackBerry 8120 Pearl

“Rogers Wireless is proud to add the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 to our extensive lineup of BlackBerry phones, and especially to our innovative Home Calling Zone service, a Canadian first,” said John Boynton, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Rogers Wireless. “With the UMA-enabled BlackBerry Pearl 8120, not only will our customers have the benefits of RIM’s world-renowned push email solution, they can also experience the flexibility and convenience using their BlackBerry phone for both home and away, with Rogers Home Calling Zone.”

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W760 was announced in January by Sony Ericsson, but the company seems to have decided that the music-oriented phone can be more of a hit to young customers.

Sony Ericsson W760

The new MTV edition of Sony Ericsson W760 will be available in Italy in a few weeks’ time, and then all over Europe. The MTV edition is the result of a partnership between Sony Ericsson and MTV Europe and will be more expensive than the usual Sony Ericsson W760, which costs around 260 Euros.

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Mio has launched two new GPS phones as well as a GPS navigation device at Computex 2008. Making this launch was the Leap K1 and Leap G50, two very similar phones which are also very contrasting in several ways.

MIO mobile phone

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